Recruitment and retention

7 bleak findings that show school recruitment crisis is intensifying

Researchers warn of 'perfect storm' of teacher shortages, career moves and a tight labour market

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Schools

New school safeguarding guidance emphasises online safety duties

Move follows suicide of pupil Frankie Thomas who accessed harmful material on school iPad

Amy Walker
Amy Walker
Recruitment

DfE ‘assessing’ potential teacher recruitment hit from university marking boycott

Government tells ITT providers it's 'assessing the scale and likelihood' of potential disruption to recruits waiting on degrees amid...

Amy Walker
Amy Walker
Covid

Covid legacy will ‘damage prospects of a generation’, warn MPs

Committee warns pandemic will 'entrench disadvantage' without further intervention from government

Amy Walker
Amy Walker
Teacher strikes

Unions plan joint school staff meetings to ‘maximise’ strike votes

In 'almost unprecedented show of solidarity', unions ask all schools to adopt approach in 'battle for the very future...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
SEND review

Revealed: The 21 experts to oversee roll-out of SEND reforms

Board members tasked with holding government to account for 'timely development and improvement' of SEND system

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Ofsted

NAHT mulls joining campaigners for Ofsted legal action

Whiteman favours 'single collaborative approach' over a 'series of separate legal actions'

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Schools

Teacher retention commission: 8 proposals to stem exodus

Report calls for review of teacher hours, retention targets and sabbaticals for headteachers every five years

Amy Walker
Amy Walker
Politics

DfE and Ofsted staff offered one-off £1,500 in pay dispute

Offer would apply to all civil servants on grade 6 or below, including inspectors

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker